I'm excited. I heard (Greg) Maddux talk about him when I was in Chicago all the time. He's a pitcher's pitching coach. I talked to him for 45 minutes. He's a little spark plug.

I thought he threw the ball great. He made one mistake. I told him I remember my first walk-off home run, Kansas City, Johnny Damon. It was his first and hopefully it won't be his last, because if you play this game long enough, it's going to happen, especially in the job we perform.

He's cool. He knows how everyone pitches. It's just the mental approach that differs. It helps that he has a track record. It helps that he has a resume. A long resume.

We've been playing good baseball, and today was just a small bump in the road. Forget about it, come back out tomorrow night and try to win the series. We can do it. We definitely can do it.

We are expecting big groups from California and Chicago. They use this time to reconnect with their roots and listen to good music.

Heat pumps have the advantage of replacing air at the same time they heat it. The problem in the Chicago area is that when it gets below zero, they are not as effective, and you do need some backup system.